hygiene
I've been using the same chopping board all week without washing it. It's had raw chicken and bacon on it, as well as numerous unwashed veg. I never get ill. The cooking process kills all the bacteria.
(frankspencer, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 14:55, 9 replies)

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hmmm.... right.... your going to be ill, very ill.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 14:59, closed)

only if he's a pussy
I wager he isn't

food only poisons you if you let it

by not exposing yourself to things in moderation

it's like a vaccine
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 15:05, closed)

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would you go to a restaurant that had those standards?

trust me, your playing russian roulette. One day you will be shooting out of every orrafice... and wonder why...
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 15:26, closed)

^^
I'm the only one in my family who doesn't wash fruit or vegetables, eats things after having dropped them on the ground, doesn't always wash his hands after going to the toilet etc. and I've never had a sick day in my life. If you want a healthy immune system it's got to get a work out.
( Ramsay Tupper, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 15:27, closed)

I'm the same as ramsay tupper
and know others who do the same

while I may not get as far as leaving the same chickeny chopping board unwashed for a whole week I certainly don't get anal about say, using a knife that has cut meat to cut vegetables that are about to be steamed for 10 minutes.

I'm certain that food poisoning from restaurants is because they either haven't cooked something properly or because it's bad to begin with.

as long as whatever it is you are doing is properly cooked and you don't take the piss like washing a raw chicken breast in your mouth then things will be fine.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 15:35, closed)

^^
Quite correct, but the problem with food poisoning is not just the bacteria themselves, which are indeed substantially eliminated by the cooking process, but the toxins they produce when still alive. These tend to survive cooking, and do your innards no good whatsoever.

And washing fruit isn't just to remove bugs - it also removes agricultural chemicals which may have been sprayed onto the surface.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 15:36, closed)

I laugh at industrial toxins
And sneer at heat-impervious bacteria. Until I get bowel cancer. Then I'll be in the shit.
(frankspencer, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 15:43, closed)

at least you'll know
who is to blame

gordon brown
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 16:01, closed)

@ramsay
then you get MRSA :)
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 16:52, closed)